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A Royal Proclamation
Aboriginal claims to lands and treaties with Natives will be handled by the British Crown. -
North American Act
Gives the government responsibilities over the aboriginals and their land. -
The First Residential School Opened in Canada
Over 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, between the ages of 4 and 16, attended Indian residential schools in Canada. There were 139 documented residential schools across Canada. -
First Five Numbered Treaties Signed
Treaties between White settlers and Natives. GTreaies were in both orally and in the written text. The treaties included special rights to treaty lands and the distribution of cash payments, hunting and fishing tools and farming supplies. -
Indian Act Passed
Metis and Inuit were not included in this law.
If an Indian were to achieve a university degree they would have to give up their Indian status.
Status Women who married a non-status man she would lose status.
Indians were not allowed to vote if they held status.
Not allowed to buy or consume alcohol.
These laws were supposed to offer protection but the government's goal in making this law was complete assimilation of the Aboriginal people. -
The NorthWest Rebellion
A brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Metis people of Saskatchewan, some Cree groups also fought, but some unrelated to the original uprising. -
High Artic Relocation
The government relocated Inuit groups to the north. The main purpose of this was so during the Cold War no other country could try and claim the land, human inhabitants were needed in the isolated northern region of Canada. The government lied to the Inuit’s and told them the area had good hunting and that if they didn’t like it there they could move back home after two years. -
Indian Act Changed
The Indian Act gets revised and and bans such as Natives not being allowed to buy or consume alcohol is lifted though it is only allowed on the reservations. -
The Right to Vote in Federal Elections
Finally all Native citizens are allowed to vote once of the legal age. -
The White Paper
The government proposed to eliminate Indian status to make people in Canada equal to each other. This included getting rid of the Indian Act, all treaties, land claims and the assimilation of all Natives. -
Harold Cardinal
Cree writer, political leader, teacher, negotiator and lawyer. He was elected president of the Indian Association of Alberta and served 9 whole terms. Harold helped draft the “Red Paper”. -
Native Women’s Association of Canada
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Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Aboriginals wanted an equal say as to what would be covered in this document and even when the charter was revised they never added anything about the protection of aboriginal peoples and their culture/traditions. -
Assembly of First Nations
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Assembly of First Nations
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Mary Two-Axe Earley
Received the Aboriginal Achievement award for her work towards women's right and equality. She fought for the women who lost their Indian status when they married a man of non-status. She even fought backlash from Native men who believed Native women marrying non-Native men would lead to assimilation. -
Last Residential School in Canada Closed
Gordon Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan operated by the Canadian Government. -
Prime Minister offers official Apology.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper formally apologies on behalf of Canada over residential schools. -
Housing Crisis
Northern Ontario Native community of Attawapiskat brings national attention on Native living conditions. -
Wet'suwet'en anti-pipeline camps
People across Canada, Natives and non-Natives, re protesting at Parliament Hill a natural gas pipeline company from accessing their traditional territory, 14 of the 100 people were arrested on site for their peaceful protest -
Adoption
Many aboriginal people have brought it the attention of the government that Native people should be the first ones on the list to adopt Native children, due the residential school history of native children being adopted into white familie and losing their culture.
